Re: NEWS source typo: \override NoteHead #'duration-log = 1

[Trevor Bača]

On 11/19/06, John Mandereau <address@hidden> wrote:
> Trevor Bača wrote:
> > Minor point that the NEWS source for the feature reads
> >
> >   \override NoteHead #'duration-log = 1
> >
> > and should instead read
> >
> >   \override NoteHead #'duration-log = #1
>
> Hi Trevor,
>
> I've just tested the snippet both with and without a hash before the
> "1". In fact, the hash isn't required here before the number, so that's
> not a typo. Someone who knows more about the parser than me may tell you
> why.

Hi John,

Well this is odd. Take a look at this one:

%%% BEGIN %%%

\version "2.10.0"

\new Staff \with {
  \override NoteHead #'duration-log = 1
  } {
  c'4
}

%%% END %%%

GNU LilyPond 2.10.0
Processing `349.ly'
Parsing...
349.ly:4:44: error: syntax error, unexpected UNSIGNED, expecting
SCM_IDENTIFIER or SCM_TOKEN
       \override NoteHead #'duration-log =
                                           1
349.ly:5:10: error: errors found, ignoring music expression
       }
         {
error: failed files: "349.ly"


The syntax error goes away iff we put the hash back in.

But the hash can safely go away outside the \with block:

%%% BEGIN %%%

\version "2.10.0"

\new Staff {
  \override NoteHead #'duration-log = 1
  c'4
}

%%% END %%%

That one works perfectly.

How odd. Must be something about the parser being less tolerant inside
the \with block or something ...

Erik?


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Trevor Bača
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